Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H5718
עֲדָיָ֫הוּ
a.da.yah · “Adaiah”
Used 9 times across 5 books
Definition
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 2Ki.22.1;
father of: Jedidah (H3040)
§ Adaiah = "Jehovah has adorned Himself"
1) maternal grandfather of king Josiah of Judah and native of Boscath in the lowlands of Judah
2) a Gershonite Levite and ancestor of Asaph
3) a Benjamite, son of Shimhi
4) a priest, son of Jehoram
5) ancestor of Maaseiah, one of the captains who supported Jehoiada
6) a descendant of Bani who had a foreign wife in the time of Ezra
7) a descendant of another Bani who had a foreign wife in the time of Ezra
8) a descendant of Pharez of the tribe of Judah
father of: Jedidah (H3040)
§ Adaiah = "Jehovah has adorned Himself"
1) maternal grandfather of king Josiah of Judah and native of Boscath in the lowlands of Judah
2) a Gershonite Levite and ancestor of Asaph
3) a Benjamite, son of Shimhi
4) a priest, son of Jehoram
5) ancestor of Maaseiah, one of the captains who supported Jehoiada
6) a descendant of Bani who had a foreign wife in the time of Ezra
7) a descendant of another Bani who had a foreign wife in the time of Ezra
8) a descendant of Pharez of the tribe of Judah
Where it appears
2 Kings1
1 Chronicles3
2 Chronicles1
Ezra2
Nehemiah2
In the text
2 Kings 22:1Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty and one years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Jedidah, the daughter of Adaiah of Boscath.1 Chronicles 6:26As for Elkanah: the sons of Elkanah; Zophai his son, and Nahath his son,1 Chronicles 8:21And Adaiah, and Beraiah, and Shimrath, the sons of Shimhi;1 Chronicles 9:12And Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pashur, the son of Malchijah, and Maasiai the son of Adiel, the son of Jahzerah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Meshillemith, the son of Immer;2 Chronicles 23:1And in the seventh year Jehoiada strengthened himself, and took the captains of hundreds, Azariah the son of Jeroham, and Ishmael the son of Jehohanan, and Azariah the son of Obed, and Maaseiah the son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat the son of Zichri, into covenant with him.Ezra 10:29And of the sons of Bani; Meshullam, Malluch, and Adaiah, Jashub, and Sheal, and Ramoth.Ezra 10:39And Shelemiah, and Nathan, and Adaiah,Nehemiah 11:5And Maaseiah the son of Baruch, the son of Col–hozeh, the son of Hazaiah, the son of Adaiah, the son of Joiarib, the son of Zechariah, the son of Shiloni.Nehemiah 11:12And their brethren that did the work of the house were eight hundred twenty and two: and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pelaliah, the son of Amzi, the son of Zechariah, the son of Pashur, the son of Malchiah,
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